[ASND's IP switch:]
Could you or someone else help me understand Ascend's GRF 400 switch? We've heard alot about bottlenecks on the backbone and it seems to me this might help alleviate the problem. What are these "private network access points" they're talking about?
I'm in the dark on this one.
Thanks for any help you can give.
Regards,
Pat
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BW1123 JAN 13,1997 5:59 PACIFIC 08:59 EASTERN
( BW)(ASCEND-COMMUNICATIONS)(ASND) Savvis Communications Selects
Ascend's GRF 400 for Nationwide ATM Network; Savvis Deploys
State-of-the-Art Network Using IP Switches that Promise "No
Bottlenecks" to Corporate Customers
Business Editors
ALAMEDA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 13, 1997--Ascend
Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ:ASND) today announced a multimillion
dollar agreement with St. Louis-based Savvis Communications,
formerly Diamond.Net, for Ascend's GRF 400 high performance IP
switch. Savvis will utilize the Ascend GRF 400 throughout its
coast-to-coast asynchronous transfer mode (ATM)-based backbone
network, with plans to install the high performance switch/routers in
five private network access points (PNAPs) nationwide by the end of
the second quarter of 1997, with an additional 13 PNAPs planned by
the year's end.
Savvis differentiates itself from other high-capacity backbone
operators by utilizing a state-of-the-art managed private ATM network
that bypasses the public metropolitan area exchanges (MAEs) and
network access points (NAPs) that cause massive bottlenecks on the
public Internet. Through its nationwide PNAPs, Savvis will use the
GRF to offer reliable, high-speed Internet and Intranet services over
a privately managed, high performance network.
"Ascend's GRF 400 matched our requirements precisely. With its
high-aggregate packet-forwarding rates and support for multiple-media
types, the GRF 400 is well-suited to Savvis' managed private ATM
network for high-speed Internet and Intranet business
communications," said Gary Zimmerman, vice president, network
engineering at Savvis Communications.
"We are extremely pleased to see the GRF 400 applied to exactly
the kind of traffic-intensive, multimedia backbone network for which
it was designed," said Mark Garver, vice president and general
manager of Ascend's High Performance Network Division. "Savvis is
providing the type of uncompromised service that the corporate
marketplace demands, and Ascend is proud to be part of that vision."
The GRF 400 is a high performance IP switch designed to address the
increasing problem of congestion on the Internet backbone. The GRF
400 is the only IP switch on the market to combine a
high-performance switching architecture with true layer-3 routing,
enabling it to handle complex topologies at unprecedented speeds --
up to 2.8 million packets per second -- an ability missing from
current backbone solutions.
About Savvis Communications Corp.
Savvis Communications Corporation, formerly Diamond.Net, is
headquartered in St. Louis, Mo., and is a provider of secure
full-service global Internet broadband digital networking solutions
for businesses. Savvis Communications is using full, clear channel
DS-3/OC-3 fiber optics and satellite connectivity to create its own
managed private ATM network. Utilizing self-healing SONET technology
with traffic relief pipes in each city to the other major private
networks representing 90 percent of the Internet, Savvis
Communications can provide a diverse, fully redundant network for
corporate communications. Savvis Communications' national managed
private ATM network will be in 20 cities by the end of the second
quarter of 1997. Savvis Communications offers the fastest and
cleanest routing system for the transfer and delivery of voice, video
and data streams at speeds ranging from 128 Kbps to 622 Mbps (OC-12),
as well as frame relay connections at speeds up to 45 Mbps. Savvis
Communications can be reached on the Internet at
savvis.com
About Ascend Communications
Ascend Communications, Inc. is a leading, worldwide provider of
remote networking solutions for corporate central sites, Internet
Service Providers' points of presence, remote offices, mobile workers
and telecommuters. Ascend develops, manufactures, markets, sells and
supports products which utilize bandwidth on demand to extend
existing corporate networks for applications such as remote LAN
access, Internet access, telecommuting, SOHO connectivity and
videoconferencing/multimedia access. Detailed information on Ascend
products, news announcements, seminars, service and support is
available on Ascend's home page at the World Wide Web site
ascend.com
Ascend is headquartered at One Ascend Plaza, 1701 Harbor Bay
Parkway, Alameda, California 94502. Phone: 800/ASCEND4; Fax:
510/747-2300; E-mail: info@ascend.com
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CONTACT: Gallagher PR
Shannon Malliet, 510/747-2254
smalliet@ascend.com
or
Savvis Communications
Burton Roberts, 314/727-5596
broberts@savvis.com
or
Edelman Public Relations
Amie Soden, 312/240-3000
asoden@edelman.com
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